DDS后的申请人可从MSc或同等学位课程获得医学科学（口腔生物学）博士学位，该学位要求包括课程工作，完成研究项目和准备论文。监考委员会根据学生的背景和专业领域建议课程要求。
The program is research-oriented, consisting of didactic courses, original research carried out under supervision, and preparation and completion of a thesis. The Department of Dentistry offers the MSc and PhD in Medical Sciences degrees (see Medical Sciences) for post-DDS applicants or for those proceeding from a BSc or equivalent degree. Research may be carried out in a variety of dentistry-related disciplines for which faculty members in the department have active research programs. Dental education was instituted at the University of Alberta in 1917 in the School of Dentistry under the Faculty of Medicine. The first full degree program was offered in 1923 and the first class graduated in 1927. When the school's first dean, Dr. H.E. Bulyea, came here from Harvard University in 1917, he patterned this school's curriculum after that of Harvard.<br><br>The school became the Faculty of Dentistry in 1944, and until 1958, this was the only dental school in Western Canada. The U of A dental faculty trained practitioners for all the western provinces to promote dental health in the community and schools. They conducted research into the prevention of dental diseases, which led to the fluoridation of water in Edmonton.